the keyword is "anti-trust". Do the Germans go after BASF or Siemens if they buy a company? Has there been cases where German crown-jewels were beaten down by EU anti-trust regulators.
1. no fine. 2. 67.6 million 3. 750 million (partial Siemens in of one over dozen defendants) 4. No last decision/No fine yet 5. No last decision/ No fine yet
Microsoft (7) cases:
1.AT.37792 - 899.00 million 2. AT.39784 - non-fine decision 3. AT.39530 - 561.00 million
Remaining 4 pending cases
Google 7 cases: AT.40099 - 4.34 billion AT.39740 - 2.42 billion (2 non-fine cases) (3 pending cases)
Last one.. BASF - 4 cases: AT.37533 - 66.4 million (partial one of 10 defendants) AT.37512 - fine imposed (partial one of 13 defendants), fine document not found. (2 non-fine cases)
The amounts Microsoft and Google were demanded are in a different stratosphere. Now, you can comment about the choice of the industry I picked.. the heavy hand of Europe Anti-trust seems to be picking pocket of American tech companies a bit more than German bellwethers.
Thanks for the link!
I did not include Meta's 1.2 billion Euro fine. For the sake of brevity.
Now, that you understand, I do my homework, all you have to do this -- give me a European company that was fined Billion Euros for anti-trust. One case.
(not group of companies or European company a defendant among 10 companies being fined).
I could not find one.
Self-deception is not my field of mastery!